Is there a command that would allow me to check if the string "xyz" was ever in file foo.c in the repository and print which revisions they were found in?
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A:
This will print any commits where the diff contains xyz
git log -Sxyz foo.c
CaptainPicard
2008-09-18 00:46:52
A:
I know you can do this with gitk
, you can search for commits "adding/removing string" and give it some text to look for. There's a way to do this from the command line too, but I don't recall off the top of my head.
Greg Hewgill
2008-09-18 00:46:52